Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-04-30

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Banf's baker, last Saturday, for
which the entire force return thanks
A WOMAN in Hagerstown lived for
three months without food. aud when
she awoke from the trance produced by
her long abstinence the first thing she
asked for was new spring bonnet.
THE semi-annual meeting of the
Central Building Association will be
held ON next Tuesday night, in the new
quarters in the Peoples National Bank
Building.
FRIEND DANIEL w. KLINE, of
Strinesville, has taken several large
contracts to paint houses and put on
wallpaper in the rooms. He is a des-
CRYING gentleman and an excellent
workman.
A NEWSPAPER is not the proper
channel through which an editor should
show personal animosity towards those
who have no similar opportunity to de-
fend themselves.
On and after May lst the fagmen
at the crossings Of the Cumberland
Valley Railroad, in the different
towns along the road will display
white flags upon the approach of
trains instead of red flags as hereto
fore.
A CERTAIN young man i'll Strines-
vile traded horses the other day, and
was SO well pleased that he sold his
horse and bought a Mamie Goat. He
is now hunting pasture and expects to
supply the creamery with enough milk
to keep it going all summer.
FIFTY THOUSAND trout have been
distributed in the streams OF Wash
ington county, Nd. And yet the
meek-eyed fisherman sits on the Poto-
mac banks and in order to have some
thing to do while he is waiting for
bite, curses the gnats and shippers.
How strange that the kerosene lamp
and the hired girl are the burning
themes which poets love to sing about?
Oh, tangled-head poet, come view the
Martinsburg pavements, and those in
viting themes will sink into insignifi-
canoe.
BROS. FLICK and Westonhaver found
Drs. Snodgrass and Morrison no chill
dren in explaining medical effects.
They are lawyers, but the latter are doc
tors. Hence the former got badly left
in attempting to puzzle the sons of Els
ealapius.
Miss AGNES HERNDoN, the beauti-
full actress who exhibits here next Tues
day night, is desendent of the noted
Virginia family of that name, and a
niece of the late Mrs. Chester A. Ar
thur. She is one of the finest and most
refined actresses that travels.
THE english sparrow is playing hav-
oc with the early cabbage plant. The
small boy and his cat rifle will be hail
ed with joy by the vegetable gardener
Gazette.
The vegetable part of the above item
reminds us of the man who said "Of
all the vegetables that grow in the gar
den. give me snakes'
A Coop APPoINTMENT-Our gen.
ial friend, Mr.. j. f. Roberts, has
been employed by r. H. Wbitlock,
Gen'l Agent of the Equitable Life
Association of West Virginia, as So
Letting agent for said company. The
appointment is good one.
THE Hamersly Opera Company
will give matinee this Saturday
afternoon, for the school children.
They will play THE Chimes of
Normany.D Admission for children
% cts; adults, 25 cts. The play is
a charming one and will afford the
chill lren both amusement and in
struction.
BEFORE another issue of the INDIE
PENDENT reaches many of its readers,
Forepaugh, the great American show
man, will have pitched his stupendous
tents in Martinsburg All will appre-
ciate the visit of the veteran Snowman,
and our friends from the fourth noun.
tans are already on their way here, so
as to be on hand for sure.
Mr.. VIM. NJ. CLEMENTS passed
through here on Thursday, on tour of
inspection. and was warmly welcomed
by the railroad men and our people gen.
orally. At Grafton there was abig IL
Illumination in welcome of his recent
appointment. Col. Clements Inspected
the propose track to the Peerless Lime
Works.
BEAUTIFUL FLowERs.-Rhe WE'LL